                                        :3plur "were"}}}]
           [;; intransitive
            (unify common
-                  {:synsem {:subcat {:1 {:cat :noun}
+                  {:sense 1
+                   :synsem {:subcat {:1 {:cat :noun}
                                      :2 '()}
                             :sem {:pred :be}}})
 


                 (default ;; intransitive verbs' :obj is :unspec.
                  {:modal-with false
                   :synsem {:cat :verb
                            :subcat {:1 {:top :top}
                                     :2 '()}

                                :gender gender})] ;; prevents e.g. "Her name is John"
             (unify common
                    subject-verb-agreement
                    {:sense 2
                     ;; TODO: remove (in)transtivize (false|true): should not
                     ;; need these explicit compiler directives; compilation
                     ;; should be able to manage on its own
                     :intransitivize false
                     :transitivize false
                     :synsem {:agr subj-agr
                              :sem {:aspect :progressive
